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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

The will of the late Sylvanus Cobb,
Jr., which has just been filed at Ded-
ham, Mass, is an interesting document.
He appoints his wife sole executrix,
with proviso that she shall not be
called upon in any way to give bonds,
''for the efforts of her life have been
united with mine in the gaining of our
home, and l thus but render her what
is DUE" In case she marries again
she is to make an estimate of their
property and give one-third of it to
their daughter. The will adds that Mr..
Cobb does not wish any member Of his
family to wear mourning, because he
does not want any gloom upon his
memory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Astonishing Success.

1t is the duty of every person who
has used Boschee's German Syrup tc
let its wonderful qualities be known
to their friends in curing Consump-
lion, severe Coughs, Group, Asthma
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat ana
lung diseases. No person can use il
with out immediate relief. Three
doses will relieve any case, and VT
consider it the duty Of all Druggists
70 recommend it to the poor, dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle.
as 10000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where it failed
was reported. Such medicine Is the
German Syrup cannot be too widely
known. Ask your druggist about it,
Sample bdtties to try, sold at ~ cents.
Regular size 10 cents. Sold by all
druggists and Dealers, in the United
States and Canada.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Educational Notes.

The daughter Of Ole Bull is prepar
! ing for the Harvard annex.
About 100 women are serving on schoo
boards in England and Wales.
The Princess of Wales is a patroness
of the ladies' department of Kings
College, England.
The Princeton freshmen are forbid
den by the sophomores to approach the
vicinity of Evelyn College.
AS many as seventy industrial schools
for girls and young women are num-
bered in New York and its en-
virons.
Frances H. Mitchell, of Philadelphia,
has taken the degree of Doctor of Phil
osOphy in the Zurich University.
The Prime Minister of japan is pres
ident Of society for the promotion of
the higher education of women in that
country.
A Chinese girl, Kin Yamei, takes
the highest position among the recent
graduates of the New York Women
Medical College.
The action of the Sultan in starting
schools for women in Turkey is q sig
nificant index of the new idea regard
ing this class of society.
At Oberlin College, where women
were not allowed at first to read their
own essays, they now deliver orations
without manuscript.
From decreased residence population
in The First ward the Trinity Church
school is enabled to again admit pupils
from different sections of the city.
The Queen of Saxony has established
free kindergarten for the benefit OF
children of poor laborers on her estate
at Sibyllenort, to which she resorts
each summer.
MIS-. Anna b. McMahan, now of Ann
Arbor, Mich, who has prepared and
privately printed sixteen outline lessons
on the English drama, is conducting
classes by means of correspondence.
The women's department of Column
bia College has attained to considerable
numbers, class of thirteen having
just entered, and a graduate class be-
ing organized consisting of one gradu-
ate of this institution and another of
Vassar College.
Miss Hulda Linden, inspectress of
needlework in the Stockholm primary
schools, has carried out a rule by which
the boys in the two lower classes share
the girls teaching in needlework. so
that they can hereafter make small re-
pairs for themselves.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

we're going to see what n WIN DO IA ene wxy
Of making glucose an exact substitute for
cane sugar. The estimate Of the sweetsning
power Of saccharine IL that one part added %
1850 parts Of glucose viii bring the latter up
to the cane sugar or ucross standard, and II
only some smart fellow could succeed in crys-
tallizing the compound be could become as
rich as Vanderbilt But we can't granulste
it as yet, and thus we must be contsnt 10 use
the new product for substitution purposes'
~What is saccharineTr asked the lvesti-
gator, and in reply he was informe, 1:si it
is a product of the surprising nsv Of
chemicals obtained from the residurn Pc
troleum distillation. In searching syn
thetical substitute for Quinine q man
'hemist discovered a sweet instead Of II ex-
'ected bitter principle, and it is now thought
nat it can be produced in sufficiently large
Quantities to become Of commercial import
nee.
The chemist said: 'There is no more limit
D the possibilities of discoveries from Pc
roleum than there is of the coming powers
4 electricity. We are only beginning to get
acquainted with the outside edge Of electricity,
,nd I'm willing to bet you SO that before
ou're ten years older you'll see folks 90 to
me corner grocery and buy a quart of cleo
'icity in Faure cell to cook dinner with,
'uSt as they go now to buy kinding wood
Tow, this petroleum is distillation, as far as
can make out, of substances in tho
cart Of the earth. 1t is believed by some
CHEMISTS that in the sinking stuff which we
all crude petroleum we have the essence Of
he flowers, the herbs, the plants and the
Whole fora Of millions of years ago, and that
he colors, such as we get in aniline tints Of
magenta, solferino and the rest. and the series
If coal tar perfumes, are nothing more nor
less than the colors and odors Of the flowers
If millions Of years ago, before the ancient
oaks were carbonized into coal strata, and
when chorus girls were young and charming.
This stuff has been stewing up for ages, and
just as we get q fine cure for heart disease
out Of the lily of the valley (convallaria ma
jalis), so are we getting fine medicines like
'antifebrin' and saccharine from honey bear
ing and alkaloid laden flowers and plants that
bloomed when the megatherium was COM
moner than Barnum's elephants"-Buffalo
Courier
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Editorial Whittlings.

Now the base ball umpire takes a
rest, and the strong language applied
to him through the summer months is
given to the opposition candidate.
=. Too many Republican presidential
candidates are being suggested for
1888. Even the man who never reads
anything but a Republican paper
knows something is the matter with
the party.
- A cablegram from Paris to the New
York Herald says Mr.. Blaine is far
from well. He is also far from his
Bar Harbor home, and far from the
White House at Washington. Very
far.
Sam Jones, ina recent address, said:
81 remained Democrat as long as a
Christian gentleman could, but 1 have
never been mean enough to be a
Republican, Sam is now afiliating
with the mugwumps, whittier nearly
all the Methodists are drifting.
There is nothing small about Wis
consin. She wants the first place on the
ticket for Jere Rusk, but would CON-
promise on second place for Lucias
Tertias Palsius Fairchild. Anything
and everything for expediency will be
suggested long enough before the cleo
ton, but tbs Itss Jig ended In fss4l
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Maufactura of RrussaIa Lace.

Brussels lace is celebrated all over the
world, and we must not fail to visit one Of
the places where this beautiful and costly lace
is made. Here we see number of women,
very quiet, very neatly dressed, and in some
cases with wonderfully delicate and soft look
ing hands, although they are all plain work
ingwomen. Each is busy fashioning the deli
cate pattern of piece of lace, and it is said
that each women has pattern OF her own,
which she always makes, and which, perhaps,
descended 70 her from her mother and grand
mother. Some of the women are working on
cushions, with pins and bobbins, and some
are using needles and the finest and most deli
cate of thread. We arc told that this thread is
al made by hand. and it is so delicate that it
mas to be spun in damp cellars. because in the
dry upper air it would break before it is
finished. There are old women in Brussels
who have spent nearly all their lives spinning
N cellars.-Frank r. Stockton in st.
Nicholas
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Chief Justice Waite at the age of ~
is the most energetic member of the
United States supreme court. He is
the only one who has not awaited him.
self of the act of congress giving him a
private secretary at $1,7O0 year. 81
dent want one,'' says the chief justice,
he'd only be in the way" Waite is a
hard-headed, practical man who reads
nothing but law books, works II hours
a day and has little or no imaginative
mower.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Patent Leather Shoes.

sCan patent leather boots be kept from
crackingl Humph, well, ! should say they
can. Why notr' And the fashionable boot
maker whom an inquisi.ive reporter ap-
preached on the subject shrugged bis shout
ders and smiled the smile of one who knows
much.
aBut how can you prevent this destruc-
toni"
@Easiest thing in the world. OF course I
don't mean that this cheap trash which Is sold
for patent leather can be made to look well
after q couple Of days wear, but good stun
NAV be preserved until the soles wear Of
by the way, quite an unusual thing nova
davs. Fist, a great difficulty Is brought up
IN the buying. No fine shoe can be found Ia
the stores that viii exactly 1T Patent
leather, unlike other foot covering, must be
perfectly shaped 70 the weareris foot, other
wise crecses win Immediately form, which Il
not attended TO viii make great cracks. Now
a good shoe Of this kind should, with proper
care, last the average man two seasons, and
viii at the end Of this time be scratched to
be sure, but not cracked. Every coupls Of
days hath Of oil should be given The boots.
Any oil win do, but meats foot 10 preferable,
and once a week at least linseed oil should Be
1pplled- his ueatueos VIII nlake the
Gather soft and pliable. After each sppIi-
,ation the shoe should be wiped dry with Q
-ough wooIlen rag, and there you ara Ths
trade made by some alleged medical experts
against patent leather amounts to nothing,
or this material makes . comfortable and
healthy covering for the foot, and when
made properly admits all the air Necessary 10
.eep the s&in and circulation m perfect
,rder.'
Il; il being worn As much a. sverf'
sBless you, yes, and hundred times more.
myself have made as many shoes Of this g
{ any other leather this year. and, putting it
own In dollars and cents, patent leather
aves a great deal In fshines' 70 its wsarsrs.
he boOt5lacls cry It down, bus sensfbls
sopls zee It's economy and clsnr n 49,
nv Y@k kl4 - $50 -
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

A recent decision by the assistant
attorney general for the postoffice de-
partment should lead the general pub
lie to a careful scrutiny Of the writ
ten matter placed on the merchandise
shipped through the mails. Merchants
especially who have been used TO put
ting on an addressed card or tag with
half or three-fourths of its surface
filled with advertising matter will have
to change their practice and do lot of
erasing if they wish to use their card.
According to the decision all that is
permissible upon the surface of a
package of fOurth-class matter, in
writing or in print, is as follows: The
name and the address of the party ad-
dressed the name of the sender and
his address placed after the word
From, 'and request for return. All
other printing or writing on the face or
surface of the package will subject it
to letter rates of postage. Names of
patentees and place of business on
tubes, patent boxes, envelopes, ETC., are
not permitted. In using patent tubes,
boxes and wrappers to mail merchan-
disc. all words should be erased except
the date of patent and the word pat
ented." Shippers will save trouble and
delays to their shipments of small
packages if they see that all unlawful
matter is erased before mailing.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Spaniards have religious reverence
for the banana, believing it to be the
fruit Of which Adam partook. The
fruit has long been regarded as ex-
tremely nutritious. 1t is recommend
ed above all others for invalids who are
unable to swallow harder food. An
estimate by Humboldt claims that
"A, 900 pounds Of bananas can be pro-
duced on the soil that would be re-
quired for 1000 pounds Of potatoes,
and that the area that would be re-
quired to raise wheat enough for one
man would produce bananas to feed
twenty-five men.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

The railroads leading to southern
California have made arrangements
to keep up the boom there this winter.
They are dumping people in for $15
each. They say that what they want is
population, and that they are going to
have it. How their victims are to
make living after they get there is a
question that dose not concern them
in the least. The fruit market is
already overdone. The best grades
only command cent a pound in San
Francisco. AS long as money is sup
piled by new corners from the east
times will be flush. California is now
selling her rocks and sand and sage
brush with the glorious climate to peo-
pie who have made their money by
careful industry in the East, or "have
had it left to them by their relatives.
The time will come when these invest
ments will be looked to for interest.
and then the glorious climate as a mer-
charitable commodity will be found to
be no better than mud in the Missouri
valley. This sort of craze has been
seen in this country time and again,
and it always results in a collapse, in
distress, panic and trouble. The Cos
pei of good sense is to go slow.-Tope-
ka Capital.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Secretary Endicott is about to add
another officer to bis personal staff.
Major Asa Gardner, who is considered
the brightest judge-advocate in the
army, is the new member of the secre-
tary official family. He will examine
ali cases coming before the war depart
ment in which military law isinvolved.
Heretofore Secretary Eudicott has had
hut two men on his advisory staff.
Captain Taylor, an expert ordinance
officer, acts as the secretary's military
secretary. Captain Adams, of the EN-
gipeer corps, examines all engineering
matters coming before the department.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

The English church receives in tithes
about s2O,OOO,OOO a year. Of this
amount $5,OOO,OOO is expended in hos
pitfalls, schools, church building, ETC.,
and the remaining SIS, 900, 900 goes to
pay the salaries Of the clergy. In the
last meeting of the English church COLI
gress it was stated that the fate of the
Established church depended on the
clergy. If during the next ten years
they showed by theirdevOtion 10 their
duty that the people of England could
not afford to dispense with their ser-
vices, the question Of disestablishment
would oe indefinitely postponed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

An Iowa man has introduced to
notice a fuel which is destined to take
the place of coal in the prairie countries.
The fuel is made by grinding corn
stalks together, moistening them and
pressing the pulp into blocks about
twelve inches thick. These blocks are
then dried. It is claimed that one
block will give an hours steady heat
and that the fuel can be produced for
s. per ton.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
THE MERRY CORPSE.

What jolly life the corpse must lead
In the grave so calm and cool,
Scoring the trifles poor mortais need
And plying the sage and fool!
Lying at rest on earth's fair breast
No battle Of life to win;
Fates stern behest Is merry Jest
And time only makes him grin.
What Joy he finds when the rushing winds
Sing gleefully Ger his headi
But the damp, cold rain he never minds
What q rare life lead the dead
His wants, though simple, he has at hand,
And all on the best Of terms
While the finest fare at his command
He serves to his guest, the worma
Careless Of heart, and fancy free,
I'd give all have Just corpse to be.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

A Russian young lady has been con-
demned to lifelong prison for marrying
Is husbands. When her lawyer went
to see her in prison after the trial she
assured him of her gratitude and asked
him to accept as a souvenir a gold
watch and chain, which she placed on
the table before him. He at once rec
ogniZed it as his own. She had picked
his pocket and presented him with his
own watch.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
Kansas is a Wort hat no longer awes

Kansas is Wort hat no longer awes
or strikes terror 10 tie poor man. 1t
is a word that no longer brings mem
Dries of ravagas done by grassh"ppers
and dr0uth. 1t is a name that IS a
household word-spoken of by tie
gray-haired sire as the land of peace
and plenty, where he can retrieve his
lost fortune, while his children lisp
the word and clap their hands in slee,
realizing that it is the Italy of liner
lea, a spot where they can gambol in
the sunshine the year round. To the
stars through difficulties-we are there,
with million and half of people.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
New Frencl, Coinage.

The new French coinage is being carefully
designed in hopes that parliament will sane
ton the alteration directly the chambers re-
assemble. Nickel will defnitively replace
bronze, and every coin viii show the amount
Of its value in large. distinct figures On either
side. The diverse will bear the efigy of the
republic with the date, and on the reverse
will be the national motto: Liberty, Equal
ity. Fraternity ."-Foreign Letter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

rnpting than this accumulation of sur
plus money in that way. 1t leads to
al manner of corrupt schemes of plum
Ter in Congress. aad if they go on much
longer there viii DC 10 such thing as an
honest ok bill or al honest appropria-
ton bill that viii pass that body"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

One of the brightest little school
boys in Washington is son of Sec
rotary of the Chinese Legation. The
young mandarin wears a magnificent
costume, Oriental in character, and
with his schools-bookS under his arm
forms a striking and interesting
picture. He has understood English
only a year, but is making rapid pro-
gress in his education.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Among the war relics on exhibition
at the exposition bnilding in Milwaukee
is the stuffed body of "Old Abe" the
famous war eagle of the Sth Wisconsin.
He doesn't look as large as he did in
life when he rode on a standard at the
head of the regiment. A tablet on his
perch bears this inscription: ''Hatched
February 1851, died March 26, 1881"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
WONDERS OF sAccHARIkE.

A Remarkable Coal Tar Product Which
is Much Sweeter Than Sugar.
this Is saecharine." said the chemist, as he
showed about a tablespoonful OF cream col
ored powder. at is the latest thing in the
way Of coal tar products, and rs Is just about
Assoc times sBeeter than cans sugar. That
little bottle came from 2fereA, of Darmstadt,
and costs So 1t is the new cure for Diabetes
mellitusn
HNew cure nothing" said a portly gentle
man representing the craps sugar works. at
was discovered in 1879 by accident, and its
going 10 do more hlltiilezs than curing 6in-.
6eses. Our house haFxalsus<ed 100 pouudsef
b 81 sesa VI 49, f&kH 80
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Deep down in the heart Of every man
rests the conviction that he was born
for something great. He may admit
that others are his superiors in every
thing which goes to make up man,
and yet he has secret feeling that he
will in some way achieve greatness.
This feeling never dies so long as breath
lasts. 1t is present in youth and re-
mains in old age, and disappears only
with the death rattle. The great
statesmen, scholars and members of
the professions have this feeling, but
the tramp is not free from it, and as
he lies on his back in some quiet nook,
munching the food begged from door
to door, he dreams of the time when be
will posses millions and will own all
the rock piles in the country. 1t is
this feeling which sustains man in adj.
versity, and enables him to fight
against overpowering odds in his life
struggle. Without it man would soon
degenerate into useless being, anxious
for relief from life and the world
Quincy Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
The Tamons French Communist.

Louise Michel, the famous French Cornmun-
Isl, Is said ut last to have crossed the boun
dairy into insanity, or, at least, into aberra-
tion. Her publishers are refusing to print
her books, her health is broken, and she is, it
is said, likely to lie left to starve if her zen
and tongue fail her. As a rule, except In
revolutionary districts, she is now hooted at
and III treated, it is said, when she speaka-
New York Sun.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Sir Arthur Sullivan is writing new
opera entitled MARY Stuart" For q
woman who was so useless in life Mary
Stuart has been wonderfully serviceabie
since she passed away from earth
Pootry, the Drama and the Opera owe
her great debt of gratitude World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

\ fashionable church in Cincinnati
is all torn up over the fact that a
woman of doubtful reputation attends
all the services. The congregation
propose to dismiss the pastor because
he will not ask the woman to stay
awav
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10
SHERiFF'S SALE.

TTNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDEf:
" OF sale, issued by the Clerk Of the District
Court OF Dickinson County, state OF Kansas. in =
cause pending therein, wherein Western Home
Lodge, No. so, Independent Order OF Odd Fellow
of Abilene, Kansas, is plaintiff, and Clinton l.
Baker Laura L. Baker, j. Fl. Brady, Charles Sc
walt and d. Fl. Newcomer are defendants, l VII,
on
Saturday, December IL, A. D. 1887.
at the front door OF the court house. In the city o.
Abilene, county OF Dickinson, state OF Kansas
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. OF said day, sell TO the highest
bidder for cash. the following real estate to-wit
Lots Nos. fourteen (14) and sixteen (I6), in
block No. twenty-five i2.) In the city Of Enter-
,irtse In County and state, in Dickinson COUNTY
state OF Kansas.
The said real estate will be sold pursu
ant TO the judgment Of the court In said cause re-
cited In said order OF sale.
Witness my hand this 9th day OF November, A.
D. 1887 j. j. MILLER,
last Sheriff Of Dickinson county, Kas.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

\ turtle was recently Matched out in
the parlor of a Jersey City woman from
an egg which she brought home as
souvenir of trip. 1t was placed On
the card receiver, where it remained
until hatched
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

Nor wheat has been sown III Kansas
this fall than ever before in the history
Of the state. The Kansas Farmer has
faith ia the future of the state as big
as a mountain, and it is due from the
fact that the state always comes out
ahead in the long run.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-10

The man who can hang pictures IN
der his wife's supervision for in hour
and keep his temper does not want to
be an angel. He is one already, al
though he may not have pair of large,
q piping white wings behind his
SHOULDER blades. Journal.